Bleach is not only an acclaimed manga and animated television series, but it is also the name of Nirvana’s best album (this isn’t up for debate). While Bleach the album is worthy of glowing praise, bleach the cleaning product is a dangerous substance that can inflict irreparable harm to your…
Rulli Torres moved to Dallas in 2012 after graduating from the University of Arkansas with a degree in fashion design. He spent years designing and creating formal dresses for momentous events. His career was built around life’s great social occasions. When the pandemic hit, all of that glamour came to…
When you look at the paintings of Fort Worth artist Nancy Lamb, it takes a moment to orient yourself. One easily recognizes hair, faces or hands, but her paintings aren’t the head-on portraits typical of paintings throughout history. The perspective is often from above or to the side or from…
Meagan Pravden can recite every word people have said to her about her body: “You kind of physically look stockier;” “she’s got more curve down the back of her thigh;” “today we had a little bit of thigh and butt running together, so we’re calling it a thutt”; “Meagan had…
Outdoor entertainment is nothing new for Rooftop Cinema Club, which is set to open a Dallas drive-in Tuesday. The new venue will be the fourth Texas-based drive-in the company has opened since March. While Rooftop has been around for a decade, its owner, Gerry Cottle, has been in show business…
This year has undoubtedly been one of the worst summers for the usually busy movie theater industry. It’s the time of the year when all the big — and even some smaller — studios release their most anticipated films to the public to take advantage of the summer season. Thanks to…
What’s the point in seeing art in person when one can comfortably see a show through high-res photos, videos, and — especially lately — through a slew of livestreams? Not only are the best shows in the world experienced best in person, but in David Jeremiah’s newest art exhibition, Offerings, at The…
COVID-19 has thrown 2020 into chaos, and it just keeps on giving — there’s still an election to worry about in November. The past month, in particular, seems to have been largely dedicated to the minutiae of how this election will proceed with mail-in and absentee voting, as well as thoughts…
NFL cheerleaders and mascots will not be allowed on the field for the 2020 season, according to NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero. “Per NFL and NFLPA protocols, there will be no game-day entertainment personnel on the field on game days,” says Joe Trahan, the Cowboys media relations and corporate communications coordinator. “The…
Improvised comedy scenes have what is called a “cut.” A performer runs across the stage in front of whatever is happening on stage to signal to players and audience members that the scene has reached its logical, or sometimes illogical, conclusion. As with all things in improvised theater, predicting what…
In 2019, Dallas Cowboy and NFL Top 100 linebacker Jaylon Smith signed a $64 million contract extension to remain with the Cowboys through the 2025 season. Just three years before, Smith was a junior at Notre Dame University in Indiana when he tore two ligaments in his left knee during…
The first iterations of the classic anime series DragonBall Z came to America’s screens in the late 1990s, courtesy of Cartoon Network. It took a few seasons for the fantasy adventure cartoon to find an audience, but when it did, the show dropped a spirit bomb on its competition by…
Sidewalk objects such as stairs and benches can seem commonplace, or even an impediment, on our everyday walks. Through the eyes of a skateboarder, however, those same objects can take on a sort of mythology. Such has been the case since skateboarding’s rise from street hobby to an integral part…
It’s hard to look at “back to school” catalogues or Walmart displays without a good deal of apprehension. While Dallas ISD is planning to open schools on Tuesday, Sept. 8, with both in-person and remote opportunities, many of the details are up in the air. Gov. Greg Abbott has stressed…
For the last 77 years, it’s been illegal for a movie studio to own a movie theater. That law is no longer on the books. The Paramount Consent Decrees were established by a landmark Supreme Court ruling in 1948 called U.S. vs. Paramount Pictures preventing film studios from owning licenses…
Halloween season is destined to be different this year, which leaves local spook houses to mull their options. “We hope to open Sept. 21,” says Dark Hour’s artistic director Allen Hopps. “[But] I don’t know if it’s going to happen.” Like many venues, Dark Hour went truly dark in early…
Years ago while I watched a show about a crew working in a sewer and heard one of the workers say, “You either gotta laugh or throw up.” But, there’s another option aside from illness or giving way to the insanity through laughter to survive when confronting a foul mess:…
Although we won’t be seeing any packed art galleries any time soon and the Dallas Art Fair has been recently canceled, there are still plenty of ways to feast your eyes on contemporary art this coming season. With options for viewing exhibitions online, in person by appointment, or both, here…
Dallas museums have tried their hardest to keep us entertained (and, above all, cultured) while we ride out the pandemic at home. For months, most major local institutions have adjusted their content to offer virtual tours and other online programming, so we can only blame ourselves for spending most of…
Deepfake technology has reached alarming heights in recent years, but every once in a while, someone uses it for benevolent purposes. Case in point, one person used it to answer the age-old question, “What if John F. Kennedy was a fan of the animated television series Rick and Morty?” Last…
By now, fans of The Umbrella Academy have either binged the entire second season, which was released on Netflix on July 31, or they’ve practiced self control by spacing them out to last a little longer than a couple days. Either way, the second season of the comic book adaptation…
A Dallas comedy institution just announced it will be closing its red doors for the last time. Amanda Austin, the owner and founder of The Dallas Comedy House (DCH) in Deep Ellum, announced on her Facebook page that she’s made the difficult decision to the close the comedy theater. “I…
